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Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez

28 reviews

botosmr's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Abandonment

kjf524's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The most confusing part of this book is the names. But! It's clear that was intentional. Everything else? Pretty lovely. (I don't mean that literally for every aspect. Don't cancel me.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Overall opinion: I liked it. I didn't love it like I thought I would, but I honestly think the way I read it also had quite a big impact on my experience and final opinion.

I took two weeks and a half to read this book, which is quite a lot for me, and I think that stopped me from feeling fully immersed in the story.

On the other end, the misogyny (and incest) didn't sit well with me. I recognise that it might make sense given the context but nonetheless, I can't help but feel that there were unnecessary parts that could have been handled better. And even with the context, it made me feel uncomfortable and that's something that always stains my reading experience. 

I feel like I need to justify myself because I know this is the favourite of so many (and because it was a direct rec from someone that means so much to me). I especially feel like I need to talk about what I didn't like because what I liked it's quite obvious.

Gabriel Gracía Márquez writes in a wonderful and quirky way. He's an excellent storyteller that knows how to make a message come to life in the form of a narrative. His mastery of magical realism is indisputable.

I guess this was more of a me problem. I feel like I failed to see the big picture and the whole thing fell short to me. The good news is: I can't stop thinking about how a reread in a couple of years will likely become a much more enjoyable experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

seanml's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'll probably have to read One Hundred Years of Solitude in a decade or two to really understand it. The book's doses of magical realism and a very spacey flowery prose, instead of creating something more fantastical, make the story much more intimate and human. This doesn't distract at all from the bloody murders, strange incest, or sexual assault. The main family we follow is not made up of good people, but they're not supposed to be either way. They are just people going through time. 7/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

laserdiscreader's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a slog for me and I debated DNF'ing multiple times, spurred on only by the facts I read this for a reading challenge and I knew this to be a classic held in high regard by many people. It's an account of a family's life, incredibly detailed in some regards while jumping around time and space and handwaving away details in others. The style of writing is quite possibly the only thing I enjoyed about this book and therefore the only thing that got my rating of it to 3 stars. Maybe time will be kinder to me response to this than my current feelings after having spent over two weeks forcing myself to get through it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and War

shainalite's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

my all time favorite book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

borninexile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Dementia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

ainaruizdegauna's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

"Cien años de soledad" es uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura hispanoamericana y esa esa la razón por la que lo empecé a leer. García Márquez tiene una mente privilegiada y un estilo de escritura que hace que sea fácil avanzar en este libro, sin que ello implique que no pueda ser el punto de partida de reflexiones sobre la vida importantes. Ahora bien, mi puntuación se debe a que el libro se me ha hecho ligeramente pesado y me ha costado acabarlo por una característica intrínseca de este: la circularidad. Si eres unx lectorx que necesita que la historia avance hacia algún objetivo, seguramente no disfrutes de este libro. Esto no quiere decir, claro está, que el libro no sea bueno. Pero no es una lectura fácil en ese sentido. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Classism

johnsaysjulia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War